Etymology

falanouc

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Today it means: A rare mongoose-like euplerid mammal of the species Eupleres goudotii, of Madagascar. Full definition →

Malagasy falanouc ← Malay pelanduk
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The story

  1. Malay · derived frompelanduk“chevrotain”
  2. Malagasy · borrowed fromfalanouc
  3. English todayfalanouc

Borrowed from Malagasy falanouc, possible cognate of Malay pelanduk (“chevrotain”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.